List of Famous people who born in 1982

Preben Van Hecke is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the Relax–Bodysol, Predictor–Lotto and Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise. He won the Belgian National Road Race Championships in 2015, out of a two-man breakaway with Jürgen Roelandts.

Juan Engelberth Murillo Ortíz is a Venezuelan professional road racing cyclist.

Hugo Viana is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Wolverine made a name for himself competing on the first season of Globo's The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil. He is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), fighting in its bantamweight division.

Chikara Akutsu is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.

Alina Dumitru is a Romanian judoka, one-time Olympic champion and eight-time European champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she defeated Japanese double gold medallist Ryoko Tani, who until then had been undefeated in major international competitions for 12 years.

Joseph Kendrick Cunningham is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. The district includes much of South Carolina's share of the Atlantic Coast, from Charleston to Hilton Head Island.

Kevin De Weert is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In October 2014 it was announced would join LottoNL–Jumbo on a two-year deal from 2015, with the team's directeur sportif Nico Verhoeven describing his role as a domestique for the team's general classification riders in stage races. De Weert retired on his 33rd birthday due to the continuing effects of injuries sustained earlier in his career. In February 2016 he succeeded Carlo Bomans as coach of the Belgian national cycling team.